Ex-deniable operator Nick Stone is bodyguarding a TV crew around the streets of war-torn Basra. He appears certain to expire when insurgent gunmen attack. Only a reporter’s swift actions saves his lifestyle.

When the reporter vanishes within hours, presumed kidnapped, Stone is asked with the Intelligence Service to find him. The path qualified prospects from Iraq to London, Dublin, and Kabul – the brutal town where governments, terrorism and big business collide.

Caught in the crossfire, Stone’s headache is only simply beginning – for the hunter offers suddenly become the hunter…